infotrac for public libraries may, 2007. today’s objectives review infotrac databases used in...
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Today’s ObjectivesToday’s Objectives
Review Infotrac Databases used in Public Libraries
Discuss new content included over the last 6 months
Explore the Gale Virtual Reference Library with Power Search
Share the future direction of PowerSearch with Power Search Plus
InfoTrac SolutionsInfoTrac Solutions
Database Primary Focus
More than 11,000 magazines covering all subject areas. Strengths in trade publications, travel, hobbies, news, health and academic journals.
More than 4,000 core magazines across disciplines.
More than 1100 magazines and journals appropriate for grades 6-12. This database is cross curricular in its content supporting all areas of the curriculum
More than 300 titles selected for grades 5-7. This database is cross curricular in its content supporting all areas of the curriculum
Periodical Databases for General Research
Largest collection of full-text magazines available 95% with no embargo
Includes greater backfile coverage of key periodicals than any other database (Time, US News & World Report, Newsweek)
Includes 86% of the titles covered in Magazines for Libraries in active, full-text
Podcasts, video and audio content from many major news agencies
Almost 65 million articles at your patron’s fingertips
InfoTrac OneFileInfoTrac OneFile
What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?
More than 500 travel guides, including every Fodor Travel Guide published in 2006 and 2007.
Full collection of NPR programs from 1990 to present, with searchable transcripts.
Full-text of the New York Times from 1995 to present day.
10 years of full-text, Discover Magazine
What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?What’s New with InfoTrac OneFile?
Articles can now be translated into 8 different languages.
More than 3,000 active, full-text titles recommended by Magazines for Libraries.
More than 20 reference sets, including the Encyclopedia of World Biography and the Gale Encyclopedia of Science.
11,000 magazines in all, 70% of which are not found in EBSCO or ProQuest databases.
Additional, Targeted DatabasesAdditional, Targeted Databases
Culinary Arts Collection Diversity Studies Collection Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Collection General Reference Center GOLD General Science Collection Home Improvement Collection Insurance & Liability Collection Popular Magazines Small Business Collection Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure Collection Vocation, Careers & Education Collection
Your patrons may not know what “OneFile” is, so we created some additional, targeted databases:
Value of Targeted DatabasesValue of Targeted Databases
Collection of major cooking/nutrition magazines
Thousands of searchable recipes
Restaurant reviews, industry information
Currently negotiating potential content agreement with:
Culinary Arts Culinary Arts CollectionCollection
Value of Targeted DatabasesValue of Targeted Databases
Covers all aspects of home repair and interior design
More than 200 full-text magazines
Currently loading DIY trade publications
Home Improvement Home Improvement
Value of Targeted DatabasesValue of Targeted Databases
Strong coverage of landscape design, botany
More than 100 magazines and a series of trade gardening books
Fully illustrated
Gardening and Gardening and Landscape Landscape
Value of Targeted DatabasesValue of Targeted Databases
More than 500 travel guides (with maps) from Fodor’s and Hunter Publishing
Major travel magazines
Strong focus on the hospitality industry as a business and profession
Hospitality and Hospitality and Tourism Tourism
““POWER SEARCH it” withPOWER SEARCH it” withGale Virtual Reference LibraryGale Virtual Reference Library
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No shelf space issues.
No torn pages.
Equal access and full circulation of multi-volume sets.
No Readers
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24/7 Remote Access
Free MARC Records
Fully Cross-Searchable
Circulate your Reference Content
Availability only through Thomson Gale
Accessibility and Customization
Seamlessly cross-search periodicals and e-books simultaneously
Gale Virtual Reference LibraryGale Virtual Reference Library
It’s Not Your Traditional eBookIt’s Not Your Traditional eBook
Full flexibility with your collection
No readers, no check-outs, no barriers
Unlimited usage
You own the content forever
And Multiple Ways to AccessAnd Multiple Ways to Access
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More than 1600 volumes of reference to choose from
Hundreds of Award Winners
More than 33 publishers
Flexible pricing
Significant discounts for titles you already own in print
Build Your OwnBuild Your Own
You can also build your own collections…
Break out a Newspaper or magazine of your
choice
And Now on to PowerSearch…And Now on to PowerSearch…
Nearly 100,000,000 articles from the world’s leading
periodicals
More than 1,000 of the world’s leading
reference books
PowerSearch: User SelectionPowerSearch: User Selection
1. Select your products
2. Submit your selections
Easy access to all your resourcesEasy access to all your resources
Add a search box to your web pages
In 2007, In 2007, expect a research expect a research
experience unlike any experience unlike any other…other…
Changes in 2007Changes in 2007
Narrow by subject
Number of results displayed on the
tab
Search within results
Additional New Features in Early 2007Additional New Features in Early 2007
Visual Search
Search alerts in PowerSearch, with RSS export capability
Cleaned up user interface, with easier access to limiters
Better document display, with easier access to InfoMarks and tools
Improved “How-to-Cite” functionality
Tab configuration and “All Results” tab
Enhanced Subject Guide with topic groupings, as well as “limit by subject”
Search within Results
The Launch of “PowerSearch Plus”The Launch of “PowerSearch Plus”
Search all Gale Databases
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Search Open Web
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